Corruption case against Jagan Mohan
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Lord Acton, the British historian wrote - "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad man."
A corruption charge against any minister who has turned hostile towards the ruling party is not a new phenomenon. YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, former MP of Congress and son of Late YSR Reddy (Ex Chief Minister of A.P.) was charged under prevention of corruption act for his assets amounting approximately Rs. 365 crore. He left Congress in 2010 because Congress had given another candidate's name for the seat of Chief Minister instead of Jagan's name. This made Jagan furious who was one of the most deserving candidates for the Chief Minister's seat in Andhra Pradesh. There were also hopes among the people that the son of Late YSR Reddy would be the new successor after he died under mysterious circumstances in a plane crash. The injustice made Jagan launch another party named YSR Congress (after his dead father). But, this did not go well with the Congress party. They used every trick in the book to curb his growing power in the state. They launched a monumental, devastating and permanent injury to his reputation by misusing the CBI and naming him in a disproportionate assets case.